When dealing
with an alcoholic, there may be a natural annoyance that a man
could be so weak, stupid and irresponsible. Even when you understand
the malady better, you may feel this feeling rising.

ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, p. 139

Having
suffered from alcoholism, I should understand the illness,
but sometimes I feel annoyance, even contempt, toward a person
who cannot make it in A.A. When I feel that way, I am satisfying
my false sense of superiority and I must remember, but for
the grace of God, there go I.